Collection of Blood for Multiple Collaborative Studies

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This study seeks to confidentially collect blood from HIV-positive individuals and HIV-negative controls to provide basic scientists with specimens for collaborative studies.

Condition or disease

HIV

Detailed Description:

HIV positive patients are currently the focus of multiple collaborative research studies, both at UCSF and other institutions. The aims of these research projects include improving the understanding of etiology, immunology, epidemiology and treatment of HIV. There are numerous requests from basic scientists at UCSF for collaborative studies on specimens, especially for blood, saliva and urine samples. Specimens may be used to test such things as virus characteristics, genotyping and/or phenotyping resistance, plasma drug concentrations, immune function or evidence of complications of HIV disease. The samples may also be tested for genetic factors that may be related to the course of HIV disease

All subjects will be asked detailed questions about their current health status and current sexual and drug use behavior. HIV positive subjects will additionally be asked specific to HIV-related conditions and treatment. [ Time Frame: Ongoing ]

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Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Sampling Method:

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Subjects will be selected based on positive or negative HIV antibody, depending on the study for which blood is being collected. Patients will be chosen from the Positive Health Practice populations at SFGH and UCSF, the General Medicine Clinic at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center. HIV uninfected healthy volunteers with comparable risk factors to the HIV positive subjects will be recruited from the community.

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

HIV-1 antibody negative with similar characteristics to HIV-1 positive cohort

HIV-positive subjects naive to antiretroviral therapy

HIV-positive subjects stable on or off antiretroviral therapy for a minimum of 6 months